Bible study April 2023 - May 2023!!

1 corinthians 1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

DO I KNOW WHO I AM CALLED TO BE?

Paul is so bold here. He knows himself. Do I know myself here? Actually, yes, I am a son of God called to peace. I am a co-heir with Christ. I am seated with Christ in heavenly places. I am loved and I am called to love. I am wonderfully and fearfully made. I have such a priviledged position in the Lord.

Romans 8 v 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Psalms 82:6 TPT

Didn’t I commission you as judges, saying, ‘You are all like gods, since you judge on my behalf. You are all like sons of the Most High, my representatives.’

Psalm 82:6-7 The Message

6-7 “I appointed you judges, each one of you, deputies of the High God, But you’ve betrayed your commission and now you’re stripped of your rank, busted.”

Matthew 5:13-16 The Message Salt and Light

13 “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage. 14-16 “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

1 Cor 1 v 2 "He is our Lord and their Lord also".

Luke 2:11

Verse Concepts

for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. My Savior is Jesus Christ not the Pastor.

God is my family. God is my source.

I have got Grace. 1 Cor 1v4&5I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—

"חֶסֶ"חֶסֶד" (chesed):This word is often translated as "lovingkindness" or "mercy" andis used to

describe God's steadfast love and faithfulness toward his people

1. "רָחַם" (racham): This word is often translated as "compassion" or "mercy" and is used to describe God's tender mercy toward his people.

All of these words convey the idea of God's undeserved favor and mercy toward his people, and are often used interchangeably in the Bible.

Phathiswa have mercy!!

Phathiswa have mercy!!

-Brag only about Christ Jesus

-Don't prove anything with eloquence but let the Spirit of God worketh in power

-God has given us wisdom in the ancient of times. So we are meant to be clever and wise as Abazalwane not with wisdom comprehendible apha emhlabeni.

-God teaches us by his Spirit and we teach in his Spirit to spiritual people

-If people do not catch spiritual things then they are not spiritual. Stop making excuses for them

- Do not boast about anything that someone has done but Christ!!

-I am enriched in wisdom in Christ and that is the confirmation of Christ Jesus in me. Being smart and vigilent is the confirmation of Christ spirit in me.

1 Cor 1v7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. Look I am capacitated in every means and aspects necessary.

1 Cor 1v8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lord I pray for consistency in the gospel up until umphefumlo wam ubuyele kuwe.

1 Cor 1v9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

PSALM 103:1-4

Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all His benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.

COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 (NKJV)

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

ISAIAH 12:4-5 (NASB)

And on that day you will say, "Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; make them remember that His name is exalted." Praise the LORD in song, for He has done glorious things; let this be known throughout the earth.

JAMES 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

1 CHRONICLES 16:34 (ESV)

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!

Today I have gratitude in my heart, the Lord blessed me with R10K. The Word yesterday said we must have gratitude of the heart. Enkosi Bawo ngokundipha imali. Enkosi that it does not hurt anymore lanto yaseNkonzweni. Enkosi that you will heal our Church from all disease.

1 Cor 1 v 10 Egameni leNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu ndiyanibongoza, mawethu, ukuba nivane, nithethe nto-nye, kungabikho zimbambano phakathi kwenu. Manyanani nibe luqilima, nimxhelo mnye, ninazimvo zinye. 11Kuba kaloku, mawethu, ndixelelwe ngani ngabakuloKlowe ukuba kukho ukungavisisani phakathi kwenu.

1 Cor 1 v 10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

God believes in a collaborative process.

1 Cor 1 v 10 I have a serious concern to bring up with you, my friends, using the authority of Jesus, our Master. I’ll put it as urgently as I can: You must get along with each other. You must learn to be considerate of one another, cultivating a life in common.

John 1

Christ is the light that shines within us and it throws away darkness.

When I accepted Christ in faith that gave me the right to be the Son of God................because of salvation and I am fully adopted as a Son of God. My Father and Fefe is God. So now I can cry Abba Father. God made me his Son. Not the set man. But the Lord used the Grace poured on a set man to mould me into full sonship. Christ has got kindness and the truth.

John 1:16 New International Version 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

“Blessed is he who was, before he came into being. - Gospel of Thomas

If you become disciples of mine (and) listen to my words, these stones will serve you.

(7) Gird your loins with great strength, so that the robbers will not find a way to get to you.”

(4) Jesus said to them: “When you make the two into one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside and the above like the below —

(5) that is, to make the male and the female into a single one, so that the male will not be male and the female will not be female —

(23) Jesus says:

(1) “I will choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand. (2) And they will stand as a single one.”

(3) Light exists inside a person of light, and he shines on the whole world. If he does not shine, there is darkness.”

(25) Jesus says:

(1) “Love your brother like your life! (2) Protect him like the apple of your eye!”

(3) And my soul ached for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their heart, and they cannot see; for they came into the world empty, (and) they also seek to depart from the world empty.

(3) And my soul ached for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their heart, and they cannot see; for they came into the world empty, (and) they also seek to depart from the world empty.

(29) Jesus says:

(1) “If the flesh came into being because of the spirit, it is a wonder. (2) But if the spirit (came into being) because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. (3) Yet I (32) Jesus says:

“A city built upon a high mountain (and) fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden.”marvel at how this great wealth has taken up residence in this poverty.”